Risk factors for Coronavirus disease-associated mucormycosis
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.07.24.21261040: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics Consent: Informed consent was obtained from patients and the study was approved by the Institute Ethics Committee.[
IRB: Informed consent was obtained from patients and the study was approved by the Institute Ethics Committee.[Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Statistical analysis was performed using Stata version 14 (TX, USA) and graphical representation using R version 4.0.2 and RStudio 1.4.1717. RStudiosuggested: (RStudio, RRID:SCR_000432)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to …
SciScore for 10.1101/2021.07.24.21261040: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics Consent: Informed consent was obtained from patients and the study was approved by the Institute Ethics Committee.[
IRB: Informed consent was obtained from patients and the study was approved by the Institute Ethics Committee.[Sex as a biological variable not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Statistical analysis was performed using Stata version 14 (TX, USA) and graphical representation using R version 4.0.2 and RStudio 1.4.1717. RStudiosuggested: (RStudio, RRID:SCR_000432)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:However, this study has a few limitations. Firstly, recall bias is inherent to the case-control study design and cannot be completely eliminated. Secondly, difference in the standard of care of COVID-19 treatment practices may exist since CAM cases were treated at other hospitals while controls were mainly treated at our tertiary care center. Thirdly, since it was a retrospective study, the robustness of our findings decreased due to lower sample size available for multivariable modelling in view of missing information particularly for blood glucose, HbA1c and ferritin. Fourth, cases of CAM may occur infrequently beyond 30 days of COVID-19 onset (n=10, 6.6%) and thus controls may remain at-risk of CAM. However, none of the controls have notified the authors of the occurrence of CAM even after study completion. In conclusion, CAM is strongly associated with diabetes, poor glycemic control, and systemic steroid use. Requirement of oxygen therapy and hospitalization for COVID-19 did not affect the risk of CAM. Novel risk factors identified in our study include prolonged use of cloth and surgical masks vis-a-vis N95 masks, and repeated nasopharyngeal swab testing. These are potentially modifiable and merit further prospective research.
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
Results from rtransparent:- Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.
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